| 单词 | debilitating |
| 释义 | debilitating (once / 8596 pages) adj Something that's debilitating seriously affects someone or something's strength or ability to carry on with regular activities, like a debilitating illness. Debilitating comes from the Latin word debilis, meaning "weak." That's why you'll often see the adjective used to describe illness. After all, serious diseases weaken the body. Other things that can be debilitating are those that can stop you from reaching a goal, like a debilitating snow storm that forces you to stay home, or debilitating shyness that keeps you from reaching out to the people you want to meet. WORD FAMILYdebilitating: debilitatingly+/debile: debility/debilitate: debilitated, debilitates, debilitating, debilitation, debilitative/debilitation: debilitations/debility: debilitate, debilities USAGE EXAMPLESHe reached AFC championship game following 2014 season and managed to pretty much break even despite series of debilitating injuries. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) The president-elect seems to offer equal chances of constitutional crisis and utter, debilitating incompetence. Washington Post(Dec 19, 2016) On his first return to America after the October revolution, he got bogged down in a debilitating series of trials for sedition as a communist. The Guardian(Dec 19, 2016) adj impairing the strength and vitality Syn|Ant debilitative, enervating, enfeebling, weakening causing debilitation draining, exhaustinghaving a debilitating effect invigorating imparting strength and vitality animating, enliveninggiving spirit and vivacity bracing, brisk, fresh, refreshful, refreshing, tonicimparting vitality and energy corroborantused of a medicine that is strengthening exhilarating, stimulatingmaking lively and cheerful life-giving, vitalizinggiving or having the power to give life and spirit renewing, restorative, revitalising, revitalizing, revivingtending to impart new life and vigor to stimulatingrousing or quickening activity or the senses |
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